The purpose of the follow-up and monitoring programs will be to assess the unness of mitigation and predicted effects in the EAR/IS and to document compliance with commitments and obligations in the approved provincial Terms of Reference (ToR) and federal Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines (TISG). Many component management plans of the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and the Operation Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) will have monitoring and reporting requirements, either as a condition of permits and authorizations. General requirements for monitoring and reporting are outlined in Section 22.5 and Section 22.6. Once fully developed, the component management plans will include details of monitoring and reporting (if reporting is specified by conditions of project permits and authorizations).

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